Health Policy Fellowships

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EMRA-ACEP Mini-Fellowship in Washington, DC

Brief Project Background

For several years, the ACEP Public Affairs office in Washington, DC has hosted residents with an interest in healthcare policy and leadership. This experience has provided an opportunity for young physicians to refine their advocacy skills with hands-on experience on Capitol Hill. The development of a formal health policy mini-fellowship program is an extension of these efforts. EMRA and YPS members have requested the construction of an intensive, short-term policy curriculum that will provide meaningful advocacy exposure. A concise, well structured program will augment current leadership efforts by professional societies like EMRA and ACEP to develop a cadre of energetic, educated physicians capable of pursuing an Emergency Medicine advocacy agenda on state and national levels. The “ACEP/EMRA Mini-Fellowship in Health Policy in Washington DC” has received formal approval from both EMRA and the ACEP Boards.

Program Structure

The approved mini-fellowship provides a four week experience centered out of ACEP’s Washington, D.C. office. Two fellows will be selected from a pool of applicants for this opportunity. Each fellow will receive an award of $2,500 to help defray the costs of living in the DC metro area. Fellows will focus their efforts around custom learning objectives consistent with their specific pre-defined areas of interest (lobbying, policy, legislation, regulation, non-governmental organizations, etc). Fellows will be expected to present their work at a national conference and/or in other relevant emergency medicine publication venues. They will receive a midpoint evaluation and an overall evaluation at the conclusion of their experience by program faculty.